Studs Terkel Quotes
I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.
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It's great to play somebody's wife, but not all the time. There's so many other stories to tell.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.
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Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.
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I did not have a van, or wear Birkenstocks and tie-dyes.
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There is kind of an underground conservative movement in Hollywood, really.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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You get so weak from eating pears that you fall down, and then they come and take you away on a stretcher.
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More and more, we're used to taking things in through the eyes rather than through the ears, and opera is more of a spectacle.
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I love to see a woman in a sexy, strappy sandal no matter what. It just looks beautiful.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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When you forgive somebody, it doesn't necessarily mean you want to invite them to your table.
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Excelsior, higher and higher, but only step by step.
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I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
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Patients know in a heartbeat if they're getting a clumsy exam.
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Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's right to have their values shape public policy and define the culture.
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Whenever people can access deities directly without the intervention of a religious hierarchy, they don't need to have hierarchy so much.
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I'm not that moody. I don't have big ups and downs.
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Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.
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It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavours look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. I don't wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game.
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I learned not to depend on other people. I needed support, but it's you who has to go out and deliver.
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Since September 2013, I have been in a really good place with my health. But I still have to be conscious about keeping it in that good place and taking care of myself.
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As a scholar, you don't want to repeat yourself, ever. You're supposed to say it once, publish it, and then it's published, and you don't say it again. If someone comes and gives a scholarly paper about something they've already published, that's just terrible. As a university president, you have to say the same thing over and over and over.
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I want people to talk to one another no matter what their difference of opinion might be.
